Beadles Barrens Nature Preserve
Basic information
Sample name: Beadles Barrens Nature Preserve

Reference: B. Edgin, R. Beadles, J. E. Ebinger, and M. Blackowicz. 2012. Changes in vegetation abundance following Carya (hickory) thinning and prescribed burning at Beadles Barrens Nature Preserve, Edwards County, Illinois. Erigenia 25:14-22 [ER 2101]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Illinois


Coordinate: 38° 21' 4" N, 88° 7' 36" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: in "a 10.1 ha nature preserve located in western Edwards County" and specifically "a 1.9 ha subunit dominated by trees with no history of prescribed burning, timber harvests or grazing by livestock between the 1950’s and 2003"
elevation 128 to 132 m based on Edgin et al. (2005, Castanea)

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: fragment

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 25.5

CMT: -2.5

MAP: 1080.0

Habitat comments: January min/max -8/3º C and July min/max 20/31º C
climate data are for Salem and are from McClain et al. (2007)

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 1

Site length: 100

Site width: 75

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 221 individuals

Years: 2004

Seasons: summer,autumn

Size min: 10

Basal area: 20

Sampling comments: "was conducted in July 2004 and September 2010 in a 100 m 3 75 m (0.75 ha) study area"

Metadata
Sample number: 2051

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-06-12 10:15:25

Modified: 2017-11-09 03:58:01

Abundance distribution
13 species
1 singleton
total count 221
geometric series index: 17.6
Fisher's α: 3.018
geometric series k: 0.6854
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7329
Shannon's H: 1.7205
Good's u: 0.9955
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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